What does the night sky look like on Mars?

Re:What does the night sky look like on Mars? by titzer on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @08:21PM (#25923111)

Power lines still look like garbage, IMHO. After having lived some years in Germany where they are almost universally buried (except high voltage long-haul lines), I can't stop seeing them everywhere in the US. So ugly. Every sky and scene just spoiled with rickety old third-world "oh let's just put this here for now" trash. Like a scratch right across my eyeballs.

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Re:What does the night sky look like on Mars? by lovemenot on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @08:52PM (#25923338)

Not sure where in the USA you are looking. If it's in a seismically active region there could be factors other than cost and aesthetics. Here in Japan power lines are seldom buried for this reason.

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Re:What does the night sky look like on Mars? by PaulDavisThe1st on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @10:16PM (#25923821)

Although there are some areas where power (and comms) cables are buried, it is overwhelmingly common in the US for them to be pole-mounted.

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Re:What does the night sky look like on Mars? by titzer on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @09:14PM (#25923477)

I've been everywhere, man.

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